Well, I’ll be! Trump is getting a little bit of a honeymoon, for a change
He certainly didn’t get one last time.
But see this:
Overall, Republicans today are more excited about what Trump will do as president now than they were in 2016 when he was first elected.
Democrats say they feel more scared about what Trump might do than they did in 2016, and a large majority of Democrats think as president he will threaten their rights and freedoms. But at the same time, there seems to be a sense of exhaustion, as fewer than half of Democrats feel motivated to oppose Trump right now.
There are a lot of poll results at the link, with simple charts.
And here’s a relevant clip from CNN:
There are three main reasons for this, the first two being the most important:
(1) People have endured the Biden years and the prospect of Harris, and are soundly rejecting them.
(2) People experienced Trump’s first term and it was pretty good, especially in retrospect.
(3) The opposition is somewhat tired – for the moment, anyway.
I think there are quite a few people like me who in 2016 were happy Hillary Clinton lost but were apprehensive about Trump, the unknown and potential loose cannon. Now he has a track record that is reassuring – although of course anything can happen.
Hard for a Tiger to change its stripes, but Trump is doing OK – so far.
As far as (3) ‘The opposition is somewhat tired‘ goes – am working on a post (A New Dawn: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) as 48th President?), and research so far suggests Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) isn’t tired or waiting until the “honeymoon” is over.
One simple The Hill article, with her at the bottom of that list, and her being on that list made news around the world.
“(3) The opposition is somewhat tired – for the moment, anyway.”
They’re collecting their thoughts and are eagerly anticipating their next thrust at the incoming administration. Those people may or may not be tired, but they *never* sleep.
The depth of the lies that would lead Democrats to think Trump will threaten their rights and freedoms is a major part of the problem. Perhaps once they see, by next June or so, that none of the predicted assaults on them are happening, some of them will wise up.
Kate (4:47 pm) said: “Perhaps once they see, by next June or so, that none of the predicted assaults on them are happening, some of them will wise up.”
Fear not, Kate. If “none of the predicted assaults on them are happening,” lefties will eagerly invent and then plant narratives to fill the erstwhile vacuum.
M J R, they will do so, but there may be diminishing numbers who will believe the nonsense. Or so I hope.
Kate, I’ll second that “hope” emotion.
But I remain skeptical, because that’s who I am — and who they are.